Surinam
Surinam, One Of The Provinces Of Dutch Guiana, Which Derives Its Name From A River Of The Same Name In Which The Capital Paramaribo Stands, At The Distance Of 18 Miles From Its Mouth. It Is Bounded On The North By The Atlantic, On The East By The Marawina Or ...
Surrey
Surrey, One Of The Inland Counties Of Eng Land, Is Bounded On The South By Sussex, On The East By Kent, On The West By Berkshire And Hamp Shire, And On The North By Middlesex And Part Of Buckinghamshire, From Which It Is Separated By The Thames. It Is About ...
Surry
Surry, County Of, North Carolina, Bounded By The Northern Part Of Stokes County Of The Same State Ne.; By Yadkin River Separating It From The Southern Part Of Stokes Se.; By Rowan S.; Pedell Sw.; Wilkes W.; The Blue Ridge Separating It From Ashc Nw., And By Grayson And Patrick ...
Susquehanna
Susquehanna, County Of Pennsylvania, Bounded On The E. By Wayne County, Of The Same State, S. By Luzerne, W. By Bradford, And N. By Broome County Of The State Of New York. Great Est Length From East To West, 35, Width, 26, And Area, 875 Square Miles. This County Extends ...
Susquehanna
Susquehanna, River Of' New York, Penn Sylvania, And Maryland, Having The Basin Of The Delaware E.; The Valley Of Potomac Sw.; The Val Ley Of Ohio W.; The Valley Of Lake Ontario Nw. And N.; And That Of The Mohawk Branch Of Hud Son Ne. If The Correct Principles Of ...
Sussex
Sussex, A Southern And Maritime County Of England, Bounded On The North By Kent And Sur Rey, On The East By Kent, On The South By The Bri Tish Channel, And On The West By Hampshire. Its Figure Is That Of An Oblong, About 70 Miles In Length From East ...
Sussex_2
Sussex, Extreme Northern County Of New Jer Sey, Bounded By Orange County Of New York Ne; Bergen Of New Jersey E. Se. And S; Warren Sw; And Delaware River Separating It From Pike County, Pennsylvania, 'w. And Nw. Length 25, Mean Width 18, And Area, 450 Square Miles. Extending In ...
Sussex_3
Sussex, The Most Southern County Of The State Of Delaware, In The United States, Bounded On The N. By Kent County, Delaware; Ne. By Delaware Bay; E. By The Atlantic Ocean ; S. By Worcester County, Maryland; Sw. By Somerset County, Mary Land; W. By Dorchester County, 'maryland, And Nw. ...
Sutherland
Sutherland, One Of The Most Northerly Coun Ties Of Scotland, Extending Across The Island From The Atlantic To The German Ocean. It Is Bounded On All Sides By The Sea, Except On The North-east By Caithness, And On The South By Ross-shire. The Length, From East To West, Varies Between ...
Svis
Svis Es Of The Right Wh I( H They Had Now At(iiiii'v D, The Majority Of The Comic It (let( Rmihed To Abandon The ( Nter Prise As At Present Impracticable ; Which Determination Was Communicated To The Colonists In The Following Reso Lution : U That Seeing That The ...
Swansea
Swansea, A Town Of South Wales, In The County Of Glamorgan, " Which, From Its Population And Commercial Importance, Is Entitled To Be Rank Ed As The Metropolis Of The County, If Not Of The Principality Of Wales." It Is Situated On The West Bank Of The Taw, On A ...
Sweden
Sweden. Respecting The Origin Of This Word, There Have Been Several Conjectures. The Inhabi Tants Of The Country Which It Denotes Are Supposed To Have Been The Sitones Mentioned By Tacitus, An Appellation Probably Derived From The Chief Town Sietuna. (de Iitor. German. Cap. This Hypothesis Is Not Fanciful; But ...
Swimming
Swimming Is The Art Of Suspending And Sus Taining The Body In Water, And Of Making Motion Either Forward Or In Any Direction, By Means Of The Arms, Legs, Scc. This Art, Which Is Common To Savage With Civilized Nations, And Which Must Be Nearly Coeval With The Formation Of ...
Switzerland
Switzerland, The Ancient Helvetia, An In Land Country Towards The South Of Europe, Is Bound Ed On The West By France; On The North By Germa Ny, Or, To Speak More Correctly, By The Grand Duchy Of Baden And The Kingdom Of Wirtemberg; On The East By The Austrian Province ...
Sylvia
Sylvia, Lath. Tcmm. Warbler. Bill Straight ; Slender, Awl-shaped ; The Base More Ele Vated Than Broad ; Point Of The Upper Mandible Frequently Notched; The Under One Straight ; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Ovoid, And Half-closed By A Membrane; Tarsus Longer Than The Middle Toe; The First Quill Very Short, ...
Synbranchus
Synbranchus. Another From The Same Source. These Three Last Are Rather Supposed To Belong To The Cxcilia Of Dumeril, Which Is A Common Fish In The Mediterranean. This Terminates The List Of The Fishes Of Monte Bolca, And The Whole Subject Demands A Few Remarks. We Have Given Our Opinion ...
Syracuse
Syracuse, An Ancient City And Republic In Sicily, Celebrated For Its Splendour, Its Wealth, And Its Military Prowess; But Now Most Illustrious As Having Been The Birth Place And Residence Of Ar Chimedes, Whose Genius And Labours Have Survived The Memory Of All Its Other Greatness. The Ancient City Of ...
T Ac Metes
T Ac }metes, Vieil. Tem. Pelec Anus, Lin. &c. Gate. Bill Long, Stout, Sharp-edged, Depressed At The Base, Flattened At The Sides, With A Suture Above, The Tips Of Both Mandibles Strongly Curved, And The Upper Terminated By A Very Pointed Hook ; No Nasal Foss; Nostrils More Or Less ...
Tabasheer
Tabasheer, The Name Given To A Siliceous Sub Stance Of Vegetable Origin, Which Possesses Very Remarkable Properties, Both Optical And Physical. In The Philosophical Transactions, P. 1819, And In The Edinburgh Journal Of Science For April 1828, No. Xvi. P. 285, Dr. Brewster Has Given A Full Ac Count Of ...
Tacea
Tacea, And Some Reptiles. In The Niammalia, The Intestinal Canal Is In General Much Shorter In The Carnivorous Than In The Herbivorous Animals, Though To This There Are A Few Exceptions. Thus, In The Seal, Which Lives Chiefly On Fish, The Intestines Are Very Long, While In The Sloth, Which ...
Taceology
Taceology. " Although We Readily Allow Lister The Credit Due For This Arrangement, Yet We Cannot Avoid Expressing Our Regret For His Remarks On The Original Author, To Whom He Allows Neither Credit As A Naturalist Nor As A Writer. He Highly Praises His Skill As A Painter ; But ...